Saturday, January 19, 2008

Be honest when tackling issues

BE transparent and sincere when explaining issues to young Chinese voters.


Ooi: We must be resilient and brave to face the challenges.This is the message Penang MCA Youth chief Ooi Chuan Aik is sending out to his 20,000-strong youth members statewide. Ooi said it was important for the party’s youths to tackle the issues at hand in a professional manner. “Voters these days have access to information from various sources, including the Internet. “So, we must not take them for granted. We must instead be more realistic and learn to handle issues in a more practical manner,” he said in Butterwroth yesterday.

Ooi said the movement was all geared up for the next general election, noting that he would convey the matter during a state MCA Youth committee meeting in Butterworth tomorrow.
He said the party’s youth members played a vital role in explaining some of the current issues to the younger generation.

“The Opposition may hurl all sorts of allegations at us during the elections. But, we must be resilient and brave to face the challenges,” he said. Ooi, who is also Bagan Jermal assemblyman, said he expected the Opposition to put up a tough fight to wrest the state seat from Barisan Nasional. “But we are not going to give in easily.
We have been consistent in our services and our track record speaks volumes,” he said.
He said of the 21,347 voters in the Bagan Jermal state constituency, 51.3% were female voters.
“The high number of female voters in my area shows that more women want to be involved in the decision-making process,” he said.

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